How to Build Your Own Ladder Golf like Game

A new backyard toss game known as Ladder Golf, Bolo Toss, or Hillbilly Golf is sweeping the country. Search EBay and you will find a huge list of people selling both pre-made sets and plans for making sets. Keep reading though, and you'll be able to get those plans for free!

Being a resident of the Cincinnati area, I recently was turned onto Ladder Golf when my friends and I began to grow tired of playing the Cornhole toss game that Cincinnati put on the map. Now the
Cincinnati area is beginning to set its site on this new game which challenges its players to throw golf balls on ropes at ladder bases in the hopes of getting them to stick to the rungs. The game is challenging, addictive, tons of fun, and a set is very easily and economically made.

To build your own Ladder Golf-like game, you will need the following items from a home improvement store.

PARTS

4 - ¾ inch x 10 foot PVC pipes (white plastic pipes found in the plumbing section)

12 - ¾ inch 90 degree elbow PVC slip on pipe fittings

12 - ¾ inch "T" shaped PVC slip on pipe fittings

8 feet of nylon rope (although it's usually more economical to buy a 25 foot package)

You will also need colored golf balls. These are sometimes difficult to find and are by far the most expensive component to making a Ladder Golf like game set. You will need 12 colored golf balls, 6 each of two different colors. Walmart or a used sports equipment store are usually the best bets at finding cheap colored golf balls.

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Re: Bobs post... Brians directions are correct. He is using eighteen 20" pieces (4 for each base. The picture shows two addtional 8" legs for the front of each base. i.e. the base is longer in back and shorter in front. This prevents the ladder from falling over backwards from the force of the bolos hitting. No reason why you cant make the front 20" too though.

Posted on 07/01/2009 at 12:07:21 PM

Hey this is pretty neat, and creative!

Posted on 04/07/2009 at 5:04:48 PM

brian, thanks for the instructions - however, there is 1 error - you need twenty-two 20" pieces (6 for each base, 3 rungs, plus 2 vertical = 11 per ladder). This means you'd need 42 feet of pvc piping to build it.

Posted on 04/15/2008 at 3:04:49 PM

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